Description: What a wonderful look at life in the 1800’s. This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Wise County, Texas and its people. This is a scanned copy on CD of the original book published in 1907. Pioneer History Of Wise County From Red Men to Railroads- Twenty Years of Intrepid History By Cliff D. Gates Nixon-Jones Printing Company Saint Louis, MO. 1907 470 pages on 1 CD An essential resource for Genealogists Actual images of every page, in Adobe Acrobat Reader .PDF format. Works with any computer, and is easy to use and read. Some scans are imperfect. This book on CD is SEARCHABLE * INDEX SECTION ONE Chapter I 1. the Coming of the First Settlers - First Home and Environments 2. Subsequent Arrivals and Localities Sought 3. Gregarious Tendencies Notable in Settlement Chapter II 1. Cactus Hill Chapter III 1. The Pioneer Store and Merchant Chapter IV 1. Land and Pre-emption Claims Chapter V 1. The Delaware Indians Chapter VI 1. Church and School Beginnings 2. Sand Hill as a Center 3. Old Swayback Chapter VII 1. Organization of the County 2. First Election and Remarks Chapter VIII 1. County Seat Contest 2. Count Seat Located - Called Taylorsville 3. Bishop Lays Out Town of Taylorsville 4. Beginning of Decatur 5. First School, Church and Other Beginnings at Decatur 6. Miscellaneous Notes - Pioneer Infant Chapter IX 1. Second Village in County Established - Prairie Point Chapter X 1. Analysis of the Citizenship - Study of the Times and manners - Problems and Conditions 2. Early Markets and Commerce 3. Farming Modes and Conditions 4. Wild Game - Buffalo - Wild Horses - Trained Instinct in Horses 5. Cattle and Hogs, and Conditions 6. Home Life 7. Social Life, Amusements and Pleasures Chapter XI 1. Summing Up First Period SECTION TW0 - WAR PERIOD Introductory Statement Chapter I 1. Local Attitude Toward Issues of War Chapter II 1. Military Organization Chapter III 1. Raising Companies for Confederate Service Chapter IV 1. Changes and Conditions Incident to War Chapter V 1. Conspiracy of the Peace Party Chapter VI 1. A Glance at Decatur in War Time Chapter VII 1. Pursuit and Arrest of Deserters Chapter VIII 1. Changes in County Administration at End of War Chapter IX 1. Demonstration of the Union League Chapter X 1. Conditions Briefly Summed Up SECTION THREE - INDIAN DEPREDATION PERIOD Introduction 1. Sad Death of Brave Young Bill Birdwell 2. Death of Jake Moffut and Escape of Alonzo Dill 3. The Extermination of the Russell Family 4. Big Raid in Which John Bailey and Mrs. Vick were Killed 5. Massacre and Capture of Babb Family 6. Murder of Nick Dawson 7. Captain Ira Long's Hot Engagement 8. Death of Conelly and Weatherby and Wounding of Clabe Cates 9. Captain Earheart's Exploits 10 Capture of the Ball Boys 11. Killing of Johnson Miller 12. Brave Fight of Frank Coonis 13. Death of George Halsell 14. Pleas Bryant Wounded 15. Capture and Detention of Ran Veasey 16. Captain George Stevens, John Hogg and Jennings Brothers' Fight on the Wichitas 17. Raids and Killings in South and Southwest Wise County 18. Brief Comments on the Times and Indian Marauding Characteristics 19. Epoch-Marking Event in Savage Depredation History - Last Raid in Wise County - Assassination of Huff Family 20. Result of Huff Massacre - End of Trouble - Summing Up SECTION FOUR Biographical SECTION FIVE Modern Wise County SECTION SIX Advertisements
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